Buy a piece of history for SECC

Submitted by Matthew Zabel on Tue, 2013/10/08 - 9:38am

Faculty, staff and students are invited to buy a piece of history – a piece of the University Union building that is being demolished this month – and promote the State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC), which raises money for Denton County and state charities.

Beck Construction, which is in charge of the demolition of the union, which was built in 1963 and will be replaced by a new building scheduled for completion in 2015, has agreed to make bricks available for purchase.

“To me the University Union represents the core of campus--a place to meet with friends or colleagues, or to attend campus events,” said Rhonda Acker, UNT’s co-chair of the SECC. “I am sure that students, faculty and staff could share many stories of events that have taken place there. To purchase a commemorative brick would have two benefits: It would allow individuals to have something tangible for those memories, and all the proceeds from the sale of the brick go to the State Employee Charitable Campaign and will be used to benefit the Denton community.”

All month – Candy Jar Guess, sponsored by the Department of Mathematics, General Academic Building, Room 435. $1 per guess. The first person closest to guessing the number of pieces in the jar without going over, wins the jar of candy. Also purchase hats and tippie tops and enter a drawing for a blanket. Winner announced Oct. 31.

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